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DE SOTO, Louisiana in the 1870s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Illness Creates Need for Help within Rambin Household
    date February 12, 1871map DE SOTO, Louisianatags African-Americans, Health/Death, Women

    Sally Young Rambin's letter to her sister opened with an apology for her long silence and an excuse: Rambin had been extremely sick and had only been able to get out of bed for two weeks before she attempted to write to her sister on February 12, 1871. Rambin's illness was made worse by the doctor's inability to provide her with the medicine she needed. Rambin told her sister that the doctor could...

  2. Women's Roles in the Rambin's Household
    date September 29, 1872map DE SOTO, Louisianatags African-Americans, Education, Women

    Running the Rambin household, Sally Young Rambin wrote to her sister on September 29, 1872, kept her far too busy to be a regular correspondent. Rambin explained to her sister that the effort she put into cooking, housework, and the washing caused her to seldom feel like writing. Rambin put special emphasis on the fact that she did her own washing, because many women paid others to do their washing...